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administration is disclosing to congress based on interception. >> the shadow of iraq hangs over it, the shadow of colin powell addressing the united nations way back when, early 2002, i hope i'm close on that. and it since out the weapons of mass destruction weren't there. so now, not only has the administration failed to convince people that it was assad that dropped these chemical weapons. i'm not defending anything, these are facts. you've got a full-scale rebellion from the prior segment, democrats and republicans in congress. won't let him dot it. if he doesn't prove his kay. the war powers revolution fight has been waged ever since this resolution was passed. look, turkey under our nato treaty alliance is a country that has already attacked by syria. if the president wants to use art five of the nato treaty, he does not need the war powers permission to do that. we have had 12 times since the war powers resolution was passed where the united states acted without the support of congress. >> you are probably technically right. you have much greater knowledge than i do. but i tel
administration is disclosing to congress based on interception. >> the shadow of iraq hangs over it, the shadow of colin powell addressing the united nations way back when, early 2002, i hope i'm close on that. and it since out the weapons of mass destruction weren't there. so now, not only has the administration failed to convince people that it was assad that dropped these chemical weapons. i'm not defending anything, these are facts. you've got a full-scale rebellion from the prior...
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first, tonight, we now know that the obama administration is muzzling insurance companies, telling them to keep quiet about all the canceled policies and increased premiums. also, more democrats are starting to push back against the law. including senator mary landrieu who was working on a bill to allow americans to really keep their own health plans. and congressman darrell issa has subpoenaed secretary sebelius for the information regarding the botched healthcare.gov launch she so far declined to hand over voluntarily. all right. all those stories and more. on "the kudlow report" starting right now. this is just unbelievable. all right. now, we've got all this developing news here to analyze the whole story. we bring in bob lashevski. dr. scott gottlieb joins us, american enterprise resident fellow. and ovik roy, senior fellow at the manhattan institute. gentlemen, welcome. ovik, let yes just start with you. this is a quick one, but i want to get it out. darrell issa subpoenaing sebelius. she won't come clean. he's been asking for documents, inside documents. who, what, where, what di
first, tonight, we now know that the obama administration is muzzling insurance companies, telling them to keep quiet about all the canceled policies and increased premiums. also, more democrats are starting to push back against the law. including senator mary landrieu who was working on a bill to allow americans to really keep their own health plans. and congressman darrell issa has subpoenaed secretary sebelius for the information regarding the botched healthcare.gov launch she so far...
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the obama administration yesterday saying it thinks president assad's military did use the chemical weapons but hasn't said whether it crossed the so-called red line. >>> lastly the twinkie is making a comeback. the new management at hostess is bringing them back by this summer, but they will be made without unions. the company management blamed union rules and management for sending them into liquidation, labor experts say this is a huge blow, because hostess was able to go into bankruptcy and essentially get out of those union articles. an article on cnbc.com about this, one thing they will not do is change the recipe. >> all right, thank you, bertha coombs, we appreciate it. >>> now, the total vict i for the republicans. democrats backed down at the furlough at the faa by merely switching money around without touching a dime of the overall spending cuts. we will talk about the winners and the losers with our super free market friday panel just ahead. [ tires screech ] . >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report," i'm larry kudlow. was it a high stakes poker game that killed a man's bid to b
the obama administration yesterday saying it thinks president assad's military did use the chemical weapons but hasn't said whether it crossed the so-called red line. >>> lastly the twinkie is making a comeback. the new management at hostess is bringing them back by this summer, but they will be made without unions. the company management blamed union rules and management for sending them into liquidation, labor experts say this is a huge blow, because hostess was able to go into...
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the obama administration's war on energy continues. get this. president obama sneered and said the keystone pipeline might create maybe 2,000 jobs during construction. hey, 2,000 high paying middle class jobs is nothing to sneeze at. meanwhile the trance canada company that wants to invest more than $5 billion into the project, they estimate there will be 13,000 jobs in construction alone with 20,000 jobs overall. so why is president obama belittling the keystone project? i'll tell you. it sounds like the radical green anies may have finally equipped the frod veto the project. that would be a shame for blue collar workers and energy security in the usa. let's talk about this. we bring in an expert on all this. john, first of all, what is this 2,000 job, where is he getting that? >> i think that's more along the lines of what happens to how this project gets staffed after it's been built. it's pretty simple and consistent construction math that the company rolled out. if you use tappan zee bridge project, the new one being built here in new york,
the obama administration's war on energy continues. get this. president obama sneered and said the keystone pipeline might create maybe 2,000 jobs during construction. hey, 2,000 high paying middle class jobs is nothing to sneeze at. meanwhile the trance canada company that wants to invest more than $5 billion into the project, they estimate there will be 13,000 jobs in construction alone with 20,000 jobs overall. so why is president obama belittling the keystone project? i'll tell you. it...
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and questions about when the obama administration outside of the irs became aware that there was this problem. this is paul ryaryan. grilling miller here on a couple of key points. it gives you a flavor for just how tough this became for miller. take a listen. >> how can we not conclude that you misled this committee? >> i did not mislead the committee. i stood by my answer then and standby my answer now. >> one of the questions is when exactly the inspector general's report made its way to treasury. there is some back and forth over that. in terms of the time line. the so called detail with a lot of the problems with the tax kmemt organization. they were going to have a very, very big political problem. let's hit some fast funds now. >> we talked about energy earlier. trades 11 million shares per day. you look at conoco phillips. those are some of the names that are the kpos it. big way to play with refiners as well. >> final trades are up next. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to y
and questions about when the obama administration outside of the irs became aware that there was this problem. this is paul ryaryan. grilling miller here on a couple of key points. it gives you a flavor for just how tough this became for miller. take a listen. >> how can we not conclude that you misled this committee? >> i did not mislead the committee. i stood by my answer then and standby my answer now. >> one of the questions is when exactly the inspector general's report...
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the obama administration is quite correct, something's got to be done. the irony to say that this is such a moral outrage suddenly, given the fact that 100,000 people have already been killed is a little late to the game. but there is a lot that probably will be done. there's standoff weapons at the ready from destroyers offshore, and we can really start looking for the people that are more reasonable to our point of view as best we can working for regime change. >> none of the thing we do are done in a vacuum, unfortunately. and objective sensible way, because we've got public opinion after iraq and afghanistan so that's why even though it's gotten to 100,000 there has been no real impetus to do anything. i mean, i sympathize with the whole process, arthur. it seems like a quagmire. we only have so much time. aei is always quick to point out you're not republican, you're not democrat, so this upcoming debt ceiling and budget battle i mean, it's like watching on the republican side there's like a bunch of factions over there. on the left we know, you kno
the obama administration is quite correct, something's got to be done. the irony to say that this is such a moral outrage suddenly, given the fact that 100,000 people have already been killed is a little late to the game. but there is a lot that probably will be done. there's standoff weapons at the ready from destroyers offshore, and we can really start looking for the people that are more reasonable to our point of view as best we can working for regime change. >> none of the thing we...
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the obama administration delaying a key part of the affordable care act. some people may or may not think it is nearly as key as the individual mandate, but they're already asking questions. we'll be kicking this back and forth all morning. it will not require companies with 50 pork woworkers or more provide insurance until 2015. with us john harwood. going through the different papers, john, and, you know, we'll have zeek emanuel on, who said it is not a big deal. you saw douglas holtz-aiken say it is a great ploy by the obama administration. the new york times called it a crucial mandate. and said it was a significant setback. what do you hear or where do you come down on this, john? >> it is a setback. in a number of levels. first of all, the inability to get this done doesn't necessarily reflect well about the implementation process from the white house point of view. it does provide some coverage and some money that is to say the companies over 50 employees who do not provide coverage would have been required to do so, so that would have been some of
the obama administration delaying a key part of the affordable care act. some people may or may not think it is nearly as key as the individual mandate, but they're already asking questions. we'll be kicking this back and forth all morning. it will not require companies with 50 pork woworkers or more provide insurance until 2015. with us john harwood. going through the different papers, john, and, you know, we'll have zeek emanuel on, who said it is not a big deal. you saw douglas holtz-aiken...
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administration of using the nlrb to impose regulations that hurt our economy. the ruling puts the new consumer financial protection bureau director richard cordray in a vulnerable position as well because president obama used a similar maneuver to install him last year. brian, back to you. >> hello. there we go. >> thank you very much eamonn javierers. okay. some final thoughts. kate kelly obviously we've been watching all day here on cnbc the epic battle between ackman versus icahn, a real clash of styles here. >> that's what i think, mandy. what you're seeing is in this case an older generation versus the younger whipper snapper generation. i actually think even in ackman's own circle of friends there is a split emerging in terms of the public, you know, activism that ackman espouses the four-hour presentation, using the press to kind of get the message out versus the much more low key let my filings speak for themselves. that's what you're seeing from david einhorn increasingly. the man is not afraid to get on an earnings call and ask sharp questions but he
administration of using the nlrb to impose regulations that hurt our economy. the ruling puts the new consumer financial protection bureau director richard cordray in a vulnerable position as well because president obama used a similar maneuver to install him last year. brian, back to you. >> hello. there we go. >> thank you very much eamonn javierers. okay. some final thoughts. kate kelly obviously we've been watching all day here on cnbc the epic battle between ackman versus...
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>> so the obama administration has given itself 26 days to get the federal website fixed and running smoothly. and in the meantime, they say they are now going to be taking healthcare.gov down between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. it started over the weekend. they'll be doing it now on a daily basis. while it will be another week before we get official enrollment data from the obama administration, some interesting indicators from a commonwealth fund survey. fewer than 1 in 5 merndz who could be eligible under obama care said they visited healthcare.gov. while 60% of those polled know about the online marketplaces, only slightly more than half are actually aware of the availability of subsidies. of those who visited the exchanges, 21% said they had actually enrolled. among early shoppers 1 in 5 is younger than 30. while more than half are between 30 and 49. 73% describe themselves as being in good or excellent health. while 1 in 4 say they're in fair to poor health. now, tomorrow marilyn tavenner will be back on the hill testifying. that hearing gets under way at 10 a.m. on wednesday kathleen se
>> so the obama administration has given itself 26 days to get the federal website fixed and running smoothly. and in the meantime, they say they are now going to be taking healthcare.gov down between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. it started over the weekend. they'll be doing it now on a daily basis. while it will be another week before we get official enrollment data from the obama administration, some interesting indicators from a commonwealth fund survey. fewer than 1 in 5 merndz who could be...
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the obama administration now confirms the assad regime in syria has, indeed, used chemical weapons against the rebels. the white house says president obama has decided to expand the quote scope and scale, end quote, of u.s. military support to the rebels. this is the so-called red line assad has crossed. the administration says the chemical weapons are responsible for killing up to 150 people. let's get some quick reaction to this breaking fuse from
the obama administration now confirms the assad regime in syria has, indeed, used chemical weapons against the rebels. the white house says president obama has decided to expand the quote scope and scale, end quote, of u.s. military support to the rebels. this is the so-called red line assad has crossed. the administration says the chemical weapons are responsible for killing up to 150 people. let's get some quick reaction to this breaking fuse from
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the obama administration is reaching out to the nfl. the nfl, nba, hollywood celebrities anybody they can get to help enrollment in the new program created under obama care. here's ron pollock, founding executive director of families usa and chairman of the board of enroll america and guy benson, host of the guy benson show. still with us, carly fiorina. mr. pollock, welcome to the program, sir. when you read about this, i may be wrong, but when you read about this, first of all it sounds like the infrastructure is not put in place. the insurance exchanges mostly 30, 35 states are not in place. and when you look at the numbers for young people, they are not going to sign up. what's your take? >> first of all, i think with respect to young people, this is going to be a terrific deal for young adults for the following reason. under the affordable care act people can go into these new marketplaces, these so-called exchanges. when they do they can select from a wide variety of plans. here's the key. what the affordable care act does is it p
the obama administration is reaching out to the nfl. the nfl, nba, hollywood celebrities anybody they can get to help enrollment in the new program created under obama care. here's ron pollock, founding executive director of families usa and chairman of the board of enroll america and guy benson, host of the guy benson show. still with us, carly fiorina. mr. pollock, welcome to the program, sir. when you read about this, i may be wrong, but when you read about this, first of all it sounds like...
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the obama administration told "the journal" this morning that the regulations are still being written. scott, this one is one of those issues that is still being sorted out in the regulatory process, and we'll see where it all shakes out. a lot of unions though seem to have their noses out of joint saying, hey, we supported this law. now we want these regulations to be written in a way that we can live with and that doesn't give us unexpected costs that we weren't prepared to deal with. >> eamon, thanks so much. >> let's keep the focus on health care. aetna's stock under pressure on the heels of fourth-quarter earnings numbers. profits slipping 50% due to the cost of patient care. >> and what about the broader impact as this has an effect on business in general. aetna ceo mark bertolini joins us now. unions pushing back on obama care, and their call for subsidies. is it possible that congress will take up some type of legislation that would mitigate some of the sharper edges of the affordable care act, what do you think? >> i think the first thing that will happen is they will try som
the obama administration told "the journal" this morning that the regulations are still being written. scott, this one is one of those issues that is still being sorted out in the regulatory process, and we'll see where it all shakes out. a lot of unions though seem to have their noses out of joint saying, hey, we supported this law. now we want these regulations to be written in a way that we can live with and that doesn't give us unexpected costs that we weren't prepared to deal...
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so, this week marked a turning point for obama care and the obama administration. it all started with a blockbuster nbc news report proving that the obama team knew that millions of americans would lose their health plans. take a look. >> four sources deeply involved in the crafting of the affordable care act tell nbc news that most of the 14 million americans who buy their own health insurance will have their policies canceled. the white house has known this would happen for at least three years. >> if you're one of the more than 250 million americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance. >> people have got to know whether or not their president's a crook. well, i'm not a crook. >> you keep your own insurance. you keep your own doctor. >> tonight more of our reporting on the millions of americans finding out their plans will have to change. >> breaking overnight. they were warned. nbc news has obtained a new report showing the obama administration knew about problems with the health care website weeks before its launch. >> kathlee
so, this week marked a turning point for obama care and the obama administration. it all started with a blockbuster nbc news report proving that the obama team knew that millions of americans would lose their health plans. take a look. >> four sources deeply involved in the crafting of the affordable care act tell nbc news that most of the 14 million americans who buy their own health insurance will have their policies canceled. the white house has known this would happen for at least...
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what it would do is continue sequestration that obama administration put into place last week, with a bunch of government agencies, with the defense and veteran's fund ppg this bill is going to pass in the house in the next couple of minutes. but has to go over to the senate before it can pass. there is an open question of whether or not we will beat the deadline for government shut down at the end of this month. this is the first step in that process. guys? >> okay. eamon javers, thank you very much for that. in the meantime, the white house is canceling tours of the white house starting on saturday. blaming the sequestration cuts. our very own larry kudlow has a sit down interview with john boehner tonight at 7 awning p.m. on the kudlow report. >>> back it what is happening with the markets. you look at numbers and they are saying, everything is fine. but signs on the street say, not so fast. let's bring in cena sanchez. steve liesman as well might weight in on this issue. i want to get to you first of all within gina. tell me, where is the bad news and is it bad enough to see any c
what it would do is continue sequestration that obama administration put into place last week, with a bunch of government agencies, with the defense and veteran's fund ppg this bill is going to pass in the house in the next couple of minutes. but has to go over to the senate before it can pass. there is an open question of whether or not we will beat the deadline for government shut down at the end of this month. this is the first step in that process. guys? >> okay. eamon javers, thank...
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look at its performance since the obama administration came into power. basically, has moved sideways to slightly higher. nowhere near as well as the overall tape. i do believe people are putting much too much emphasis on the sequester, defense cuts. i think these stocks are all poised. i think people are going to be surprised by how powerful the rise is, specifically lockheed martin. >> walk me through what you're seeing in this chart that makes you think this stock is on the verge. >> look at the dropoff since the obama administration came into power. people look at defense spending, hey, it's going to get cut. we have gandhi in office. that's not the case, folks. the stocks -- lockheed martin does not trade at a big multiple. the powerful rally you're going to see in this stock is ahead of it. you're going to see it on the back of a great tape and a catch-up rally on lmt specifically. and by the way, it's a tremendous dividend you get with lockheed martin. rockwell collins, a little bit different. this plays to basically the aerospace move. pete is goi
look at its performance since the obama administration came into power. basically, has moved sideways to slightly higher. nowhere near as well as the overall tape. i do believe people are putting much too much emphasis on the sequester, defense cuts. i think these stocks are all poised. i think people are going to be surprised by how powerful the rise is, specifically lockheed martin. >> walk me through what you're seeing in this chart that makes you think this stock is on the verge....
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this is after on saturday the obama administration said nearly half a million people have applied for insurance but he wouldn't say how many have actually enrolled. the republicans criticized health secretary kathleen sebelius. they said she should testify although they've stopped from saying she should step down. >>> jack lew says the u.s. economy has been bruised by the fiscal fight in washington. he says he's confident they will recover. speaking on nbc's "meet the press," he says it's important they don't experience another round of brinkmanship. >> we know from the shutdown there was a loss of economic activity. i can't give you a number of what it is. i know the direction. the direction is that it took an economy that is fighting hard to get good economic growth going, to create jobs for the american people, and it took it in the wrong direction. >> and despite the uncertainty in washington, companies are upbeat. in the latest association by national association for business economics, 70% projected gdp growth. they're not as optimistic about hiring. 1/4 also expected rising int
this is after on saturday the obama administration said nearly half a million people have applied for insurance but he wouldn't say how many have actually enrolled. the republicans criticized health secretary kathleen sebelius. they said she should testify although they've stopped from saying she should step down. >>> jack lew says the u.s. economy has been bruised by the fiscal fight in washington. he says he's confident they will recover. speaking on nbc's "meet the press,"...
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the obama administration was winner and the american people was the loser. we no nothing more than weeks or months ago about this situation and it's still incumbent upon congress to get answers. how can you believe this administration about anything if we can't get straight answers on this terrible tragedy? >> general wes clark, welcome back. another thing is bugging me. state department mid-level officials said on a number of occasions during this whole period that they had three or four or five memos, cables, sent for better security and never got them. today secretary of state clinton said she never saw the cables, never read the cables and winds up blaming republicans for not funding the state department. wes clark, you know bs as well as i do. that is sum of the biggest bs i've heard. >> i will tell you the state department has lost some of its requests for funding and funding in the security area. so that's a fact. secondly there's lots of cables that go back and forth in government. i'm certain the secretary of defense doesn't read all the cables that
the obama administration was winner and the american people was the loser. we no nothing more than weeks or months ago about this situation and it's still incumbent upon congress to get answers. how can you believe this administration about anything if we can't get straight answers on this terrible tragedy? >> general wes clark, welcome back. another thing is bugging me. state department mid-level officials said on a number of occasions during this whole period that they had three or four...
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so that creates some problems for hagel as well as for the obama administration going forward. >> the clip tons established a standard for full disclosure. it caused them a few headaches when people found out who was contributing to the clinton foundation. once that was done the nomination proceeded. that's the precedent we're dealing with here. >> chuck hagel gave a lot of speeches, joel. he will not disclose the source of that funding. they were overseas -- involved in an investment bank or private equity operation in nebraska, did a lot of foreign funding. chuck hagel was engaged in that stuff. he is not going to tell. you remember many years ago after the horrible 9/11, they had a commission. they wanted henry kissinger to run that commission. not even full time. he refused to disclose his foreign funding sources and clients. so i got to believe that hagel won't. >> that's right, of course kissinger got into a lot of trouble there and had to pull out. hare reid said at the time what are they hiding? the kissinger folks and the bush administration. that's the same question that hag
so that creates some problems for hagel as well as for the obama administration going forward. >> the clip tons established a standard for full disclosure. it caused them a few headaches when people found out who was contributing to the clinton foundation. once that was done the nomination proceeded. that's the precedent we're dealing with here. >> chuck hagel gave a lot of speeches, joel. he will not disclose the source of that funding. they were overseas -- involved in an...
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administration didn't want this fight. >> why not just tell everybody that larry's pulling himself out? >> i guess -- >> see where i'm going with that? i think that might have been the -- >> they're both cut from the same cloth. to scott's point, it's central planning, the fed is price fixing the cost of money. and is there going to be a difference between summers, yellen, kohn or these other people? >> i guess you were agreeing with what he was saying. >> all i have to do is nod. >> i agree with him. >>> when we come back, we're going to talk more with scott mcnealy. he's got comments about the president of the united states. he's got thoughts about the fed we just touched on. and we're going to talk to him about what's happening in silicon valley right now. >>> also, in light of yesterday's tragedy in washington, we take a closer look at workplace security, the ceo of diligent innovation whose clients include companies like hp, bae systems and lockheed martin will be talking about what companies are doing at this point. what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd b
administration didn't want this fight. >> why not just tell everybody that larry's pulling himself out? >> i guess -- >> see where i'm going with that? i think that might have been the -- >> they're both cut from the same cloth. to scott's point, it's central planning, the fed is price fixing the cost of money. and is there going to be a difference between summers, yellen, kohn or these other people? >> i guess you were agreeing with what he was saying. >>...
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so why won't the obama administration just swallow its pride and delay the individual mandate altogether? here now we talk to democratic strategist chris kofinis and manhattan institute senior fellow paul howard. gentlemen, welcome back. scott, let me begin with you because what i'm trying to figure out is, is this pressure -- are these orders, are these mandates from hhs -- they basically want, i think, the insurance companies to carry people past the deadline. how do you see this? >> they are asking the insurance companies, basically, to extend a line of credit to the beneficiaries and they are going to back stop that because effectively what they are saying and what they are going to say more explicitly is that they will pay the insurance companies what the companies they they are owed and try to reconcile it later. they need to do this because, frankly, the enrollment number is not very low. so the worst outcome is someone thinks they've signed up, their information isn't correct, the insurance company doesn't know to charge them the premium so they don't actually get insured in janu
so why won't the obama administration just swallow its pride and delay the individual mandate altogether? here now we talk to democratic strategist chris kofinis and manhattan institute senior fellow paul howard. gentlemen, welcome back. scott, let me begin with you because what i'm trying to figure out is, is this pressure -- are these orders, are these mandates from hhs -- they basically want, i think, the insurance companies to carry people past the deadline. how do you see this? >>...
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on the same day that nbc news reports the obama administration did know four years that millions would be dropped by their existing plans. people like michael from st. louis who told this to our bertha coombs. >> i was very surprised. i guess i kept an open mind to obama care and i really didn't think it was going to impact me because i thought i had a really very full, complete plan, that was not a -- what some people refer to as a substandard plan. >> cnbc's john harwood now is in washington and john, you know, i've seen the tweets and heard the defense from the white house, which is basically this, obama care is not forcing anybody to do anything the insurance companies are canceling plans, but doesn't the new regulations force the insurance companies to cancel the plans? >> yes. it's not really true to say the obama administration has nothing to do with this, it's about the insurance companies. by design obama care is transforming the individual marketplace. to walk people through it a little bit, the individual marketplace is a relatively small part of the health insurance marketp
on the same day that nbc news reports the obama administration did know four years that millions would be dropped by their existing plans. people like michael from st. louis who told this to our bertha coombs. >> i was very surprised. i guess i kept an open mind to obama care and i really didn't think it was going to impact me because i thought i had a really very full, complete plan, that was not a -- what some people refer to as a substandard plan. >> cnbc's john harwood now is in...
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how bag problem is this for the obama administration? do you think it's true? >> it's awkward. it remind me, shot, shot, there is gambling going on. intellijen is the word i use, you have an intelligence operation to make sense of the world. means trying to asser tain the nature of a threat from your adversaries as well as try and make sure that your friends, what the they think about a variety of issues? . >> p.j. given the eu, performance, over the past five years in managing that vices, don't you think it would be good for us to know what they're saying behind closed doors, to give an idea how thigh will screw it up next over there? >> sure, as of right now, we have 28 members of the eu with the exception of croatia, that's 28 points of view that feed into a common eu position. i would hesitate to say, not only does the united states try to make sense of those 28 position, now they feed into something larger, i strongly suspect the europeans are looking at each other saying, okay, if we have an issue on the table. >> of course the europeans don't have to spy on us. we have p
how bag problem is this for the obama administration? do you think it's true? >> it's awkward. it remind me, shot, shot, there is gambling going on. intellijen is the word i use, you have an intelligence operation to make sense of the world. means trying to asser tain the nature of a threat from your adversaries as well as try and make sure that your friends, what the they think about a variety of issues? . >> p.j. given the eu, performance, over the past five years in managing that...
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. >> and nbc reporting the obama administration knew millions would not be able to keep their health insurance under the new affordable care act. >> first up, though, apple did beat the street last night with its fiscal fourth quarter numbers. profits fell, growth margins slid among heightened competition, despite the sale of 40 million iphones for the quarter. they see revenues 55 billion to $55 billion. here's what ceo tim cook had to say last night on apple's conference call. >> if terms of supply, into the quarter with a very significant backlog. however, our supply is building each week. in terms of the retina or the ipad mini where the resin display, we'll start shipping later in november. it's unclear whether we will have enough for the quarter or not. i think we'll do fairly well with ipad, as i had mentioned before. we felt like it going to be a really great holiday season. >> you know we're in a brave new world when a revenue forecast for a quarter -- actually, a margin forecast for a quarter, jim and david, is fodder for new york tabloids. there it is, the actual projectio
. >> and nbc reporting the obama administration knew millions would not be able to keep their health insurance under the new affordable care act. >> first up, though, apple did beat the street last night with its fiscal fourth quarter numbers. profits fell, growth margins slid among heightened competition, despite the sale of 40 million iphones for the quarter. they see revenues 55 billion to $55 billion. here's what ceo tim cook had to say last night on apple's conference call....
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in the obama administration working in the white house, he became a very big spender and big fiscal liberal. will the real summers please stand up. what do you think, peter? >> i think the administration really wants larry summers. he may be a great leader but there might not be that many followers. he may have a hard time with the federal open market committee. they may not really want this. i think they're more pushing towards janet yellen. >> i remember a guy who was very prickley, didn't have a million friends but was very effective. his name was paul volcker. i was in the reagan white house when volcker was slaying inflation. i'm just trying to figure out what he would stand for because he has different opinions between the clinton years and the obama years. >> yes. and i think that he will lean towards that leadership. my guess would be that he would lean towards what obama would put him in that position for. but i think that appointment would be very controversial in the market if not among other members of the fomc. i recognize that you say that there have been other prickley leader
in the obama administration working in the white house, he became a very big spender and big fiscal liberal. will the real summers please stand up. what do you think, peter? >> i think the administration really wants larry summers. he may be a great leader but there might not be that many followers. he may have a hard time with the federal open market committee. they may not really want this. i think they're more pushing towards janet yellen. >> i remember a guy who was very...
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the obama administration set a goal of enrolling 7 million uninsured and in new jersey one of 36 states which opted of building its own on-line marketplace in favor of one built by the federal government health officials there are hoping traditional brokers will be able to help get people enrolled. at a recent meeting with them federal officials still couldn't give them details about the plans and pricing. brokers say their phones are ringing off the hook. >> i'm sure. >> but probably won't know anything until october 1st. things are moving on-line this year they're still going to depend on traditional people to get folks to enroll. >> thank you bertha. it's a complicated story. i'm glad you get to explain it to us. that brings us to our yahoo! finance question of the day which is, is specific switching to a private health care exchange a good thing? 35% say it's good for companies, but for employees. 4% say it's good for employees, bad for companies and 23% say it's good for both 38% say it's bad for both. so that kind of illustrates some of the confusion that's out there, right, ty so
the obama administration set a goal of enrolling 7 million uninsured and in new jersey one of 36 states which opted of building its own on-line marketplace in favor of one built by the federal government health officials there are hoping traditional brokers will be able to help get people enrolled. at a recent meeting with them federal officials still couldn't give them details about the plans and pricing. brokers say their phones are ringing off the hook. >> i'm sure. >> but...
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the obama administration will say they're arming a more western oriented rebels. but is it a little too late. at this point are they going to be able to prevail given what's happened with assad retaking territory. >> all right, so matt miller, let me ask you. your man, obama, is coming in too late. he's too slow, too late, too little. why is he doing this? >> i don't know the answer, larry. you've got 90,000 dead already in the last two years. what is it about the last 150, because they were killed with sarin gas, because suddenly we're going to do something. i have the same concerns, which is to do something so we can say we did something. but the responses of the rebels today is the small arms, maybe they're going to do some kind of tank stuff. but it doesn't sound like they're going to do a no-fly zone, because that would mean an all-in commitment in the country. it looks more like a token effort. one white house aide -- >> there's an emotional balance. this is not the divorce we were talking about. >> no. >> colonel jacobs, to you. your take on giving arms to
the obama administration will say they're arming a more western oriented rebels. but is it a little too late. at this point are they going to be able to prevail given what's happened with assad retaking territory. >> all right, so matt miller, let me ask you. your man, obama, is coming in too late. he's too slow, too late, too little. why is he doing this? >> i don't know the answer, larry. you've got 90,000 dead already in the last two years. what is it about the last 150, because...
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, which were increased in the obama administration. so we're producing more and we're using less. and that's why the price of fuel is down a bit. >> all right. makes a lot of sense. fred, good to have you on the program. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be cheering on your folks here as they ring the closing bell. bill? >> all right. we're coming back a little bit here. the douw was up 151 at the high of the dead, we're up 131 right now. >> apparently, bill, the bias is to the buy side here on the floor. >> good to know. >> we'll see what happens. >>> up next, a thing who knows a thing or two about terrorism. former new york city mayor rudy us what we can learn from the explosions in boston and how to navigate this. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh...
, which were increased in the obama administration. so we're producing more and we're using less. and that's why the price of fuel is down a bit. >> all right. makes a lot of sense. fred, good to have you on the program. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be cheering on your folks here as they ring the closing bell. bill? >> all right. we're coming back a little bit here. the douw was up 151 at the high of the dead, we're up 131 right now. >> apparently,...
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bush in 2007 and has grown expo n exponentially during president obama's administration. it was targeting non-u.s. persons living outside the united states, but the big questions there. i can't figure out -- do they have access to verizon, a&t and sprintd. they have clearly have access to internet service providers. i would love to know whether cable providers, maybe comcast and others. they talk about if you have an internet service provider, that way you could access the stuff without necessarily google or facebook having access to their servers. i'm trying to figure out how this would even happen. >> i saw a statement that was put out by one of the nsa guys or somebody, one of the top officials there there kind of denying the scope saying that there were a lot of problems with the story that was reported by "the washington post" and the guardian yesterday about that. but it sounds like there's still a lot that's been -- >> you have to decide how you feel about it. dianne feinstein said it's called protecting america. >> dianne feinstein sits on the intelligence committ
bush in 2007 and has grown expo n exponentially during president obama's administration. it was targeting non-u.s. persons living outside the united states, but the big questions there. i can't figure out -- do they have access to verizon, a&t and sprintd. they have clearly have access to internet service providers. i would love to know whether cable providers, maybe comcast and others. they talk about if you have an internet service provider, that way you could access the stuff without...
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the obama administration now says it will take down the key application part of the obama care websites for large segments of the whole weekend. so this is for, quote, maintenance, unquote. but the problems don't end with those websites. we've been seeing reports of single digit enrollments in some states. that's likely because people are realizing premiums are far from affordable. and on top of that, the quality of coverage, frankly, bare-boned. here now to break it all down for us, dr. scott gottlieb, resident, though, at the american enterprise institute. welcome back, scott, good to talk to you. first of all, the enrollment rates are so low. you're talking single digits in some of these states. to what co. do you attribute that? >> right now people just can't get through. they're kicking out 99 out of 100 applications. but the bottom line is even if this was working fluidly, i think enrollment would be very slow. a lot of people are going to go on the website and find out it just isn't a good economic deal. when they do get the coverage a year from now, i think they're going to be v
the obama administration now says it will take down the key application part of the obama care websites for large segments of the whole weekend. so this is for, quote, maintenance, unquote. but the problems don't end with those websites. we've been seeing reports of single digit enrollments in some states. that's likely because people are realizing premiums are far from affordable. and on top of that, the quality of coverage, frankly, bare-boned. here now to break it all down for us, dr. scott...
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the saudis have broken with the obama administration because of iran. not because of syria, but because of iran. the saudis have been saying very clearly to the president for years that iran is a profound threat. he has turned his back on them. they even believe he has betrayed them to make peace with iran. this is at very sharp move. >> michael rubin, put yourself in the white house now. do you think president obama understands the kind of power, relationships that john batchelor just talked about? does he get it? >> i don't believe he does get it. it's hard to think that he would proceed with the policies he is proceeding with in the way he is doing if he truly understood the situation. under his administration, the united states has developed a troubling reputation for coddling adversaries and treating allies with disdain. the saudis, the egyptians, the israelis are all asking what is the value of being an ally of the united states at this point if this is the way the white house treats us. >> so, john, what if prince bandar, maybe it's already happe
the saudis have broken with the obama administration because of iran. not because of syria, but because of iran. the saudis have been saying very clearly to the president for years that iran is a profound threat. he has turned his back on them. they even believe he has betrayed them to make peace with iran. this is at very sharp move. >> michael rubin, put yourself in the white house now. do you think president obama understands the kind of power, relationships that john batchelor just...
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could congress have standing to bring this complaint against the obama administration? >> i don't think that they have standing to go to court. the only person that i can think of who would have standing would be an employee who would not receive the coverage that he was intended to receive from his employer. there are several serious technical problems with such a lawsuit, including a couple of supreme court decisions from maybe 20, 25 years ago that limit the right of people to sue to enforce tax liabilities on other taxpayers. it's -- this is probably not a dispute that can be resolved in court. it's one that has to be resolved politically. what i would emphasize, it shouldn't be just republican members of congress who are alarmed about this because th this -- this sets a precedent that republican presidents in the future will be able to use as well. any member of congress that's concerned about the constitutional authority of the legislative branch should want to find a resolution for this that would be legislative and not one just involving unilateral executive dec
could congress have standing to bring this complaint against the obama administration? >> i don't think that they have standing to go to court. the only person that i can think of who would have standing would be an employee who would not receive the coverage that he was intended to receive from his employer. there are several serious technical problems with such a lawsuit, including a couple of supreme court decisions from maybe 20, 25 years ago that limit the right of people to sue to...
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and exceptions under obama care for big business, for special interests, and yes, it has provided a carve-out for members of congress. our position is very clear. no special treatment for anyone. we all live under the laws equally applied. >> very short and simple today. we'll pass a bill that funds government. so the question will rest with harry reid, just two questions. >> before eric cantor was speaker of the house of representativ representatives, john boehner, asking that they will move ahead asking for a one-year delay of obama care and remove exemptions of members of congress saying no one deserves special treatment. >> digging in is what republicans are really doing because now the real showdown is going to begin. you can hear the rhetoric from both of those gentlemen there, not only the speaker but eric cantor as well. it certainly seems as if a government shutdown is well on its track some eight hours away and change. >> and it supports the reporting that we just heard from john harwood who said he did not hear there was going to be a vote on the clean cr continuing resol
and exceptions under obama care for big business, for special interests, and yes, it has provided a carve-out for members of congress. our position is very clear. no special treatment for anyone. we all live under the laws equally applied. >> very short and simple today. we'll pass a bill that funds government. so the question will rest with harry reid, just two questions. >> before eric cantor was speaker of the house of representativ representatives, john boehner, asking that they...
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who better to sit down with than the man who advises congress and the obama administration against hacker attacks. we have jim lewis of csis. >> a good day for tripadviser, the company celebrating its 100 millionth review online and we'll have an interview with the president, ceo and co-founder. >>> all three major indices in the red this morning, but we've got someone who says the s&p 500 is going to 1600 by the end of this year. savita is with b of a merrill lynch. always good to see you. >> great to see you, too. thanks for having me on. obviously, rallies don't always hang on, so how does it play out in your view? >> essentially, we see economic growth recover in the second half of the year and we get to a better place. i'm actually surprised that the market hasn't hit, that the s&p 500 hasn't hit a new high at this point and what i always go back to is earnings and we actually managed to grow earnings consistently since 2010. earnings have continued to hit new highs for the corporate sector. so it's almost surprising that we haven't hit a new high on the market. >> why do you think t
who better to sit down with than the man who advises congress and the obama administration against hacker attacks. we have jim lewis of csis. >> a good day for tripadviser, the company celebrating its 100 millionth review online and we'll have an interview with the president, ceo and co-founder. >>> all three major indices in the red this morning, but we've got someone who says the s&p 500 is going to 1600 by the end of this year. savita is with b of a merrill lynch. always...
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and north korea, the obama administration says it's not as concerned as you might think. what they're saying out of the white house. >>> gold rebounding after a week of declines. is it worth buying the metal at these levels? we'll have a good old-fashioned bull/bear tussle. top of the hour. scott, back to you. >> look forward to that at the top of the hour. >>> hedge funds, slow but steady is winning the race. clorox, general mills, campbells soup are leading the year's rally and beating the s&p. joining us to explain why the so-called grandma stocks is yahoo!'s mike santoli. welcome back. this is an interesting one. a lot of people don't realize it. why do you think it's happening? >> these stocks could have been put into a conservative portfolios 40 years ago. but basically people are buying pieces of paper issued by what i callvate nation states. multinational companies that have high and rising dividends. it is the most bondlike paper in the stock market. it's just right adjacent to high yield data on the risk spectrum. to me that tells you a lot about what's been mot
and north korea, the obama administration says it's not as concerned as you might think. what they're saying out of the white house. >>> gold rebounding after a week of declines. is it worth buying the metal at these levels? we'll have a good old-fashioned bull/bear tussle. top of the hour. scott, back to you. >> look forward to that at the top of the hour. >>> hedge funds, slow but steady is winning the race. clorox, general mills, campbells soup are leading the year's...
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. >> i think there is tremendous room for the obama administration to get tougher on china. i think what is exciting about this summit is they will come together. both will approach it as equals, two great -- >> they're not going to come out of this with one darn thing, you know it, i know it. they will bicker. rancho mirage is a great place. lull around the pool, play some golf. they will not come up with anything. >> i think the chinese president is pretty sure of his agenda. he know what is he wants to say. he has dream for the future of china, military goals, economic goals. he's going to make those and the president is also going to stand up and be tough. >> as in taking over the united states. should we trust the chinese? >> maybe he came here to visit his money. that's all. i'm still trying to figure out his name. i thought it was 11. i used to think tony is absolutely right. how is this president in a position to lecture the other president about going too far with the abusive power of his government. >> because we're not hacking into private corporations. >> we don'
. >> i think there is tremendous room for the obama administration to get tougher on china. i think what is exciting about this summit is they will come together. both will approach it as equals, two great -- >> they're not going to come out of this with one darn thing, you know it, i know it. they will bicker. rancho mirage is a great place. lull around the pool, play some golf. they will not come up with anything. >> i think the chinese president is pretty sure of his...
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the obama administration will fact check and see and make sure that what they've estimated is the true cost. >> i just don't understand this, bob. an estimated bill based on what? something like 1/3 of the people signing up here have not really signed up because there's no payment mechanisms. we're going to have guest estimates and the government is going to give the insurance company the money and the insurance company is going to hand over the subsidies to people who didn't sign up officially. this is a little "alice in wonderland" for me. >> you know how screwed up healthcare.gov was? well, they didn't fix the back end. it's so screwed up that the federal government, the obama administration, can't pay the insurance companies their share of the subsidy premium. people get subsidies to help buy insurance and the federal government provides those. the administration hasn't built that part of the administration yet. here we are, it's almost january 1. the back -- almost none of the back part of the system works. they still can't transfer the enrollment records, the 834s accurately. as
the obama administration will fact check and see and make sure that what they've estimated is the true cost. >> i just don't understand this, bob. an estimated bill based on what? something like 1/3 of the people signing up here have not really signed up because there's no payment mechanisms. we're going to have guest estimates and the government is going to give the insurance company the money and the insurance company is going to hand over the subsidies to people who didn't sign up...
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francisco sanchez is the director of commerce in the obama administration. it will be interesting to see how he sees the growth of the economy going in the united states. packed show here. i'm sure you've got some time for other stuff as well. >> nice to see they've got you a desk. you look comfy. >> it's absolutely enormous. i have to tell you, i've been sharing this for the last 3 1/2 hours with another anchor. >> it's emotional being there with you, no doubt. >> i'm told it's very emotional. some of those emotions border on anger sometimes. >> we look forward to today and tomorrow as well. plenty more to come out. we'll catch you a little bit later. let's get a final hit on the market. your own version on the united states. let's just pick up on this point. the fed is better -- the fed has got it right. do you think they have? >> i think they've got some. i think the difficulty we're seeing in the u.s. is what they have to do -- their main focus in terms of meeting the stimulus is on the unemployment rate. what they're looking for is 6.5% unemployment and
francisco sanchez is the director of commerce in the obama administration. it will be interesting to see how he sees the growth of the economy going in the united states. packed show here. i'm sure you've got some time for other stuff as well. >> nice to see they've got you a desk. you look comfy. >> it's absolutely enormous. i have to tell you, i've been sharing this for the last 3 1/2 hours with another anchor. >> it's emotional being there with you, no doubt. >> i'm...
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why is it the obama administration hates business? what? wrong with going to hooters, what's wrong with taking a couple young doctors to hooters to have a hamburger? i think the obama administration hates drug companies. they also hate health insurance companies. you know what is a close third, they especially hate oil and gas. all right. that's really something. you know in this company, work in the private sector, sales people take their clients out to dinner all the time. they go to conferences. they have their clients speak. are we supposed to believe, by the way that doctors are too stupid to know the difference between a drug that works and one that doesn't? i just don't get this. i want to bring in, utah congressman chapins. what do you thinkant this? i don't get this. goetd, you tell me. >> i got to believe the doctor isn't suddenly prescribing something because he got some wings at hooters. it seems like it goes beyond -- they're sensationalizing this. if they have a case to make, go to if court. they can go through the adjudicatio
why is it the obama administration hates business? what? wrong with going to hooters, what's wrong with taking a couple young doctors to hooters to have a hamburger? i think the obama administration hates drug companies. they also hate health insurance companies. you know what is a close third, they especially hate oil and gas. all right. that's really something. you know in this company, work in the private sector, sales people take their clients out to dinner all the time. they go to...
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this is the unilateral conclusion of the obama administration, presented dramatically today by a man not usually given to public shows of emotion, u.s. secretary of state john kerry stating it is america's conclusion that syria used chemical weapons. >> and despite the excuses and equalify indications that some have manufactured, it is undeniable. president obama believes there must be accountable for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people. nothing today is more serious and nothing is receiving more serious scrutiny. >> the pentagon tells nbc news, larry, that tonight five u.s. warships with cruise missile firing capability, four destroyers, one submarine are stationed in the mediterranean sea. the u.n. inspectors did get in the sites, but they get in so late, experts say, they may not be able to get the kind of residue tests needed to verify the use of chemical weapons, so the obama administration's move past that. it says it's happened. now comes the reaction. larry, back to you. >> many thanks, steve handlesman. we appreciat
this is the unilateral conclusion of the obama administration, presented dramatically today by a man not usually given to public shows of emotion, u.s. secretary of state john kerry stating it is america's conclusion that syria used chemical weapons. >> and despite the excuses and equalify indications that some have manufactured, it is undeniable. president obama believes there must be accountable for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable...
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we're talking about the obama administration announcing that online enrollment for small businesses in the obama health exchanges will be delayed until november 1st. no official explanation for that. people living in washington, d.c. of all places not learning their obama care exchange premium prices and subsidies until mid-november. this delay coming after the district marketplace discovered, quote, a higher roar rate in calculating the tax credits some people are supposed to get to help them buy insurance. and by the way, colorado and oregon, they're experiencing the same problems, and they also have to delay. and these are just today's glitches. every day there seem to be new problems sprouting up with the new law. so here now to help us make sensing of all this, dr. scott gottlieb from the american enterprise institute. he is a resident fellow. talk quickly. there are so many of these. first of all, today's announcement, the online health exchanges for small businesses not going to work. if you go back to last april, last april, okay, the small business employees were told they cou
we're talking about the obama administration announcing that online enrollment for small businesses in the obama health exchanges will be delayed until november 1st. no official explanation for that. people living in washington, d.c. of all places not learning their obama care exchange premium prices and subsidies until mid-november. this delay coming after the district marketplace discovered, quote, a higher roar rate in calculating the tax credits some people are supposed to get to help them...
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i can't for the life of me understand why the obama administration doesn't embrace the ideas and move forward. >> has this impacted the business climate, tom? what are you hearing from ceos and managers of businesses you're talking to. >> do you think we're done with the uncertainty? >> no. i think we still see -- well, when you hear people like speaker pelosi talking about increasing taxes even further, when we already raised taxes by i think a little over a trillion dollars, the notion of more tax increases scares people. by the way, when we talk about those we're forgetting about the medicare tax that came from obama care. we forget about the investment tax of 3.8% if you're in the real estate business. or the investment business. we forget about the fact we've taken now the fica reductions down. you can't suck that much out of the economy and expect the economy to thrive. >> well, that sort of rebounds back on miss tyson's point. let me play a sound bite from yesterday on the abc program this week from senator mcconnell. >> why aren't we trying to settle the problem? why aren't we
i can't for the life of me understand why the obama administration doesn't embrace the ideas and move forward. >> has this impacted the business climate, tom? what are you hearing from ceos and managers of businesses you're talking to. >> do you think we're done with the uncertainty? >> no. i think we still see -- well, when you hear people like speaker pelosi talking about increasing taxes even further, when we already raised taxes by i think a little over a trillion dollars,...
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in other news this morning, the obama administration pleased with the progress of the healthcare.gov website, it says. but concern has been raised over the website's ability to hold up as those who haven't been able to enroll under obama care rush to do so now, before the looming deadline. a new health insurance marketplace, meanwhile, is allowing consumers to bypass healthcare.gov. gohealth is an online portal for finding health insurance coverage. clint jones is the ceo. and he joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> what can your website do? can it enroll people in plans? >> yes, we can. we've been live now just over a week, successfully helping consumers enroll in federal marketplace plans. >> okay. so there are others, healthsure, another private sector insurance group we had on, how long did it take you to get up and running? >> working on integration a little over a year, with cms and the federal government. so now we have the ability to tap into the federal data hub to help consumers get the subsidy information so we can apply that to their premium to see what out of
in other news this morning, the obama administration pleased with the progress of the healthcare.gov website, it says. but concern has been raised over the website's ability to hold up as those who haven't been able to enroll under obama care rush to do so now, before the looming deadline. a new health insurance marketplace, meanwhile, is allowing consumers to bypass healthcare.gov. gohealth is an online portal for finding health insurance coverage. clint jones is the ceo. and he joins us now....
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. >> and you penned a letter to the obama administration, asking them essentially to let japan's new ruling party know that the u.s. will retaliate for poll sills that are aimed at weakening the yen. what does retaliation mean in your view? >> well, i think there are a number of things that they could do. there's talk of efforts they could take, similar efforts they could take in the global currency market. really, i think, the first step is to recognize that this is a serious problem that effects american manufacturers and american workers. certainly effects auto workers and auto producers in our country. and let the japanese know that it's not acceptable. as you all pointed out, the united states is not the only country that's concerned about this. other nations are talking about the impact of this devaluing of the yen. and they are doing so really to sustain a model that doesn't work anymore. america's auto manufacturers are on a tremendous come back and they are profitable, producing great product, expanding and growing, leading the country in terms of end poxports. we've gone th
. >> and you penned a letter to the obama administration, asking them essentially to let japan's new ruling party know that the u.s. will retaliate for poll sills that are aimed at weakening the yen. what does retaliation mean in your view? >> well, i think there are a number of things that they could do. there's talk of efforts they could take, similar efforts they could take in the global currency market. really, i think, the first step is to recognize that this is a serious...
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. >>> does the nsa spy program actually go deeper into americans' phone records than the obama administration's been willing to admit? today south carolina republican senator lindsey graham says it does. does he still stand by his statement from last week? take a listen. >> i'm a verizon customer. it doesn't bother me one bit for the national security administration to have my phone number. >> all right. well, i'm going to ask senator graham my special guest tomorrow evening whether he stays with his original statement. anyway, revelations about the nsa surveillance of phone and internet data have americans questioning the government. but will there be any dire consequences for tech giants like apple, google, facebook if consumers stop trusting them? here now is tech columnist and rebecca patterson and stephanie link are back. you seemed more upset in your column friday than did you in your notes today. you're saying silicon valley is taking this in stride. do i have that right? >> i think it depends on how it shakes out with the public. it seems the public is shrugging about the whole thing. t
. >>> does the nsa spy program actually go deeper into americans' phone records than the obama administration's been willing to admit? today south carolina republican senator lindsey graham says it does. does he still stand by his statement from last week? take a listen. >> i'm a verizon customer. it doesn't bother me one bit for the national security administration to have my phone number. >> all right. well, i'm going to ask senator graham my special guest tomorrow...
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obama administration wanted slin dra sylindrat. free market, including harold ma'am and many others have gone into fracking and horizonal drilling creating an amazing poom in energy and oil. i would say free market so government central planners zero. >> larry, this is a free market success story, as you have been talking about. these are american petropeneurs around america. i think free market prosperity being free market capitalism being the best path to prosperity. this is a perfect sample. this was not a part of any energy policy of design. this was all free market entrepreneurs or petropreneurs to open shale gas and oil. >> if they let it go, if they'd allowed the drilling on federal land, for example, if they put keystone through, for example, we need a lot more pipeline than just keystone. i'm just saying, the job creation. you tell me, financing local governments, like the state of pennsylvania and hot. , north dakota. didn't they double the estimates of reserves in north dakota? just let the market run. this could create
obama administration wanted slin dra sylindrat. free market, including harold ma'am and many others have gone into fracking and horizonal drilling creating an amazing poom in energy and oil. i would say free market so government central planners zero. >> larry, this is a free market success story, as you have been talking about. these are american petropeneurs around america. i think free market prosperity being free market capitalism being the best path to prosperity. this is a perfect...
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>> well, the obama administration russia policy has gone from reset to regret. i think -- i do think, larry, that the snowden case was the camel that broke the -- the straw that broke the camel's back. this, i think, was a personal afront. i think the president was offended by it. he had a bad meeting with putin at the g-8 a month or so ago and now it's just gotten worse. the situation with syria, the russians continue to buck us on syria. there's just so many issues out there and i think the president has had enough and i think he had to show some peak to show that putin can't push the president around. >> i think it's going to hurt putin. it's going to hurt putin inside russia because an american president hasn't stood up to him in quite some time. peter brooks, as a conservative, yourself, working as a conservative think thaank, i applaud the president for this. do you? do you applaud him? >> i do, larry. it makes sense to do that. although, i've been very unhappy with their russia policy. starting with the reduction strategy, the new s.t.a.r.t., i think they
>> well, the obama administration russia policy has gone from reset to regret. i think -- i do think, larry, that the snowden case was the camel that broke the -- the straw that broke the camel's back. this, i think, was a personal afront. i think the president was offended by it. he had a bad meeting with putin at the g-8 a month or so ago and now it's just gotten worse. the situation with syria, the russians continue to buck us on syria. there's just so many issues out there and i think...
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administration will do. after all, he is a u.s. citizen. he carried out the crime on u.s. soil. and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of legal basis to try him as enemy combatant, which is not to say there aren't going to be more calls particularly from the right to do just that. >> when in theory you have so much evidence on american soil, why tarnish the prosecution by going enemy combatant. if you have no backlash from anybody who says you didn't do it the right way. >> he stole a suspect. but clearly -- you've got to walk through the process, right? >> i was thinking this weekend, again, and i'm speculating, you read the articles. we know now he ran after his own brother. you know what the defense is going to be. i was brainwashed by my brother. i ran over him to get away. >> the older brother, basically was even asked to leave his own mosque because his anti-american views were so strong that the islamic community in cambridge was outraged. >> if they saw this happen, raise this question and raise hi
administration will do. after all, he is a u.s. citizen. he carried out the crime on u.s. soil. and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of legal basis to try him as enemy combatant, which is not to say there aren't going to be more calls particularly from the right to do just that. >> when in theory you have so much evidence on american soil, why tarnish the prosecution by going enemy combatant. if you have no backlash from anybody who says you didn't do it the right way. >> he...
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this time senator elizabeth warren taking on obama administration treasury officials about whether or not the appropriate sanctions were laid down for hsbc, a bank accused of money-laundering on behalf of mexican drug car tells and rogue states. take a licen to what warrant had to say. >> if you get caught with cocaine, chances are good you may go to jail. if you get caught with cocaine repeat lid repeatly, you may go to jail for life. but if you violate international sanctions, your company payes a fine and you go home and sleep in your own bed at night. i think that's fundamentally wrong. >> treasury officials told warren they got a call from the department of justice when the department of justice was considering sanctions against hsbc in which the doj was asking what the economic impact of those sanctions might be. people at treasury said they declined to offer an opinion to the folks at the department of justice on that, mandy. >> eamon, thank you very much no that are news. in the meantime, on deck, hear that? that is the collective grown of 1 billion facebook users. social netw
this time senator elizabeth warren taking on obama administration treasury officials about whether or not the appropriate sanctions were laid down for hsbc, a bank accused of money-laundering on behalf of mexican drug car tells and rogue states. take a licen to what warrant had to say. >> if you get caught with cocaine, chances are good you may go to jail. if you get caught with cocaine repeat lid repeatly, you may go to jail for life. but if you violate international sanctions, your...
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. >> mandy, we know that the obama administration has its hands full 24/7 trying to get the healthcare.gov website where individuals -- individual consumers in 34 states can pick out health care plans. that is such a consuming task that they've given up trying to get the on-line marketplace for small businesses up and running by the end of the month. initially, they said that was going to be done by the end of november. now they've said nop. it's going to be put off for another year. they're focused op the consumer website. couple things to note. first of all they say the small businesses in those 34 states without a state exchange will be able to go on-line and compare plans and they will be able to enroll in health care but not on-line. they're asking them to go to their insurance broker, insurance agent, directly to the companies and do it that way. the on-line function will be there next year. the other thing to point out, mandy, those small businesses are not subject to a mandate. if they have fewer than 50 employees in those businesses, they are not subject to the so-called employer
. >> mandy, we know that the obama administration has its hands full 24/7 trying to get the healthcare.gov website where individuals -- individual consumers in 34 states can pick out health care plans. that is such a consuming task that they've given up trying to get the on-line marketplace for small businesses up and running by the end of the month. initially, they said that was going to be done by the end of november. now they've said nop. it's going to be put off for another year....
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this is how the obama administration is going to hold down costs, by limiting your access to doctors and limiting your choice. >> nina, now speaking generally, not speaking necessarily about medicare advantage, but hospitals are being pushed out. somebody told me here in new york, for example, new york presbyterian is not in the obama care network. this is one of the great hospitals in the united states. other distinguished, famous hospitals around the country, you know, some of the university hospitals around colleges, people are going to be furious at this. >> and i think what is interesting is that this administration is setting it up so it looks like it's the insurance plans. they're evil insurance plans cutting providers out of the networks, raising premiums, dropping their health care plans. it's almost ready to be set up so the administration will come in for the second round to say we haven't regulated insurance enough and let's go back in by putting in price controls and more requirements and mandates on the insurance plans for what they can and cannot do. whose price contro
this is how the obama administration is going to hold down costs, by limiting your access to doctors and limiting your choice. >> nina, now speaking generally, not speaking necessarily about medicare advantage, but hospitals are being pushed out. somebody told me here in new york, for example, new york presbyterian is not in the obama care network. this is one of the great hospitals in the united states. other distinguished, famous hospitals around the country, you know, some of the...